Product Details

• Actors: Chieftains, Sting, Sinead O'Connor
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: RCA
• VHS Release Date: March 28, 1995
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303387934
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #526,115 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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The Chieftains reached a pinnacle of Celtic crossover success with their 1995 CD The Long Black Veil, featuring guest appearances by rock and pop icons like Mick Jagger, Sting, Van Morrison, and Sinead O'Connor. Fans of the CD may find the DVD a wee bit heavy on the blarney at the expense of the music, however. While the disc offers backstage glimpses at some of the recording sessions for the CD, it leans heavily on interviews, ruminations, and voiceovers by various Chieftains (mostly leader Paddy Moloney) and guests (variations on "why I wanted to work with the Chieftains" and testimonials on Moloney's velvet-hammer powers of persuasion), and reduces the songs to mere snippets. Some of the most notable guest artists, like Jagger and Morrison, are missing altogether. So fans hoping for a video version of the CD may be disappointed, though diehard Chieftain devotees will learn a lot about the band's work habits and enduring vision. --Anne Hurley

Product Description

The program:

1. Mo Ghile Mear - "Our Hero" (featuring Sting)
2. Dunmore Lassies (instrumental)
3. Coast of Malabar (featuring Ry Cooder)
4. The Lily of the West (featuring Mark Knopfler)
5. He Moved Through the Fair
6. The Foggy Dew (featuring Sinead O'Connor)
7. Love Is Teasin' (featuring Marianne Faithfull)
8. Tennessee Waltz
9. Tennessee Mazurka (featuring Tom Jones)
10. Closing credits--The Long Black Veil

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars PATHETIC, December 31, 2000

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Gary P. Holloway "GAZZA" (Waterford, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Chieftains - The Making of The Long Black Veil (DVD)

After the first 2 minutes of viewing I wanted my money back. There is not a single track of music unspoiled by boring commentary. Doesn't even include the title track. Unfortunately, I didn't read others reviews until it was too late. A total waste of shelf space.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Ruined, December 15, 2000

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M. Keane (Clearwater, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Chieftains - The Making of The Long Black Veil (DVD)

I have never been a harsh critic of anything. I understand that different people like different things. If I watch a bad movie, I rarely give it a second thought. But it's not as simple as making a bad DVD, or recording bad songs. They ruined what could have been a great DVD of songs.

At no time can you listen to the music alone. It fades in and out while everyone talks about the recording of the song. I truly wish they could have had separate chapters for the talking and the songs themselves. I am very disappointed in this DVD. Not to mention it's as simple as a DVD can be. Only 46 minutes of people talking.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very Disappointing, December 13, 2000

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"sx3000" (Riverside, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Chieftains - The Making of The Long Black Veil (DVD)

Mostly talk, even over the sparse music.